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18 AMERICA.-MATHER (Cotton) MAGNALIA CHRISTI AMERICANA, or the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from its First Planting in the year 1620 unto the year 1698. In Seven Books. By the Reverend and Learned Cotton Mather, M.A., and Pastor of the North Church in Boston, New-England. London, Printed for Thomas Parkhurst, at the Bible and Three Crowns in Cheapside, 1702. FIRST EDITION, folio, with the folding map of New England and New York, separate title to each book and the two leaves of advertisements, fine copy, old panelled calf, £35

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*Cotton Mather's most valuable work, which gives a detailed record of the first 78 years of American national life, and affords us a marvellous insight into the lines of thought of the earliest English-speaking colonists, their records, &c., and our knowledge of the beginnings of the American nation is largely founded on this indispensable work. contains: Book I., Antiquities; II., Lives of the Governors of New England; III., Lives of Sixty Divines of New England; IV., Account of the University of Cambridge in New England; V., Acts and Monuments of the Church of New England; VI., Wonderful Providences on divers persons in New England; VII., The Wars of the Lord. Being an History of the Manifold Afflictions and Disturbances of the Churches in New England, with an Appendix of Remarkable Occurrences which New England had in the Wars with the Indian Salvages, from 1688 to 1698. At the beginning are laudatory poems in English and Latin by N. Noyes, Teacher of the Church at Salem; T. Woodbridge, Minister of Hartford; Grindal Rawson, Pastor of Mendon; H. Selijns, "Ecclesiæ Neo-Eboracensis Minister Belgicus "; and others. At the end of Book II. is a long poem in double columns upon the death of Governor Sir William Phips.

19 AMERICA.-OTIS (James, of Boston, Mass.) A VINDICATION OF THE BRITISH COLONIES. Boston, printed; London, reprinted for J. Almon, 1769. 8vo, fine large copy, calf, antique style, £8 8s

* A rare and valuable tract. Otis was the first leader in the American disputes to declare the universal opinion of the Colonies against the authority of the British Parliament. Soon after the news arrived in America of passing of the Stamp Act, Mr. Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, wrote a tract on that subject. He was answered by Mr. Howard in A Letter to a Gentleman at Halifax." This tract is Otis's reply to that Halifax letter.

20 AMERICA.-Two PAPERS on the subject of in America. London, J. Almon, 1767. antique style, £8 8s

Taxing the British Colonies
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* A rare and important tract. The Papers were drawn up by a club of American merchants, at the head of whom were Sir William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania, the celebrated Mr. Joshua Gee, and many other eminent persons, and were first published in 1739. They particularly relate to the establishment of Stamp Duties in America by the Parliament of Great Britain.

21 AMERICA. VESPUCCI (Amerigo) PAESI NOUAMENTE RITROUATI PER LA NAUIGATIONE DI SPAGNA IN CALICUT. Et da Albertutio (sic) Vesputio Fiorentino INTITULATO MONDO NOUO. Nouamente Impresso. Stampata in Venetia per Zorzi de Rusconi millanese: Nel. 1517, XVII. adi. XVIII. Agosto. Sm. sq. 8vo, large woodcut of Venice on title, which, together with A 4 (last leaf of table), is in beautiful facsimile by the famous facsimilist Pilinski, several letters rubbed on P 1 and two holes mended in blank portion of last leaf, otherwise a very fine copy, dark blue levant morocco, inside dentelles, edges marbled and gilt, BY NIEDREE, from the Bibliotheca Sobolewskiana, with bookplates, £92

*EXCESSIVELY RARE. There is no copy in the British Museum, and it was unknown to Brunet, though this identical copy is the only one mentioned in the supplement to his work. It is the first edition published by Zorze of the first collection of voyages to America, and the earliest edition that any present-day collector is likely to obtain. See Harrisse, Bibl. America Vetust.

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THE COLONIES REDUCED." 22 AMERICA. THE POLITICAL REGISTER AND IMPARTIAL REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS [edited by J. Almon]. London, J. Almon and H. Beevor, 1767-71. Vols. 1 to 8, 8vo, with numerous folding and other satirical political plates, INCLUDING FRANKLIN'S THE COLONIES REDUCED," WITH ITS COMPANION AND AN ATTEMPT TO LAND A BISHOP IN AMERICA" (NEW ENGLAND), last 3 vols slightly taller than the others, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn and upper cover of Vol. 1 rejointed,

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*A very rare periodical, of which Lowndes states that only eleven numbers, dated 1767-68, were issued. These volumes contain a great amount of important information on North American affairs at this critical period, which is not to be wondered at, considering that Almon was the editor. We can only mention Maryland, Florida, Pennsylvania, and the Indians in 1728 (22 pages), Massachussets in 1728 (29 pages), Visit of the Cherokee Indians to England in 1731 and account of them (18 pages), New England in 1730 (26 pages), Trade Dispute between the West Indies and the Northern American Colonies in 1731 (12 pages), Enquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies by Richard Bland of Virginia (19 pages), the Boston Massacre of 1770, founding of Georgia, &c., &c. The lists and reviews of new books are also of much importance. BUT THE CHIEF INTEREST IS IN VOL. 3, WHICH CONTAINS AN EXCESSIVELY RARE FRANKLIN ITEM WITH A VERY INTERESTING HISTORY. W. T. Franklin, in his memoirs of Dr. Franklin, Vol. 1, p. 219, writes, During the disputes between the two countries, Dr. Franklin invented a little emblematic design intended to represent the supposed state of Great Britain and her Colonies, should the former persist in her oppressive measures, restraining the latter's trade, and taxing their people by laws made by a legislature in which they were not represented. It was engraved on a copper plate. Dr. Franklin had many of them struck off on cards, on the back of which he occasionally wrote his notes. It was also on a half sheet of paper with the explanation and moral.

P. L. Ford, in his Franklin Bibliography, writes, The plate was also engraved, with 'Its Companion,' for the Political Register No. XXI., Dec., 1768. Of this issue I have only seen one impression. The English plate is without the explanation added in the American edition. All three issues are of the greatest rarity."

23 AMERICA. SOUTH CAROLINA. Original Official "Abstract of a Letter to His Grace the Duke of Chandos from a Merchant of South Carolina, dated 17 Nov., 1743." Manuscript on paper, 1 page, folio, well preserved, £7 78

*Relates to the discovery of a rich silver mine in the lower Cherokee Nation, about 300 miles from Charlestown, S.C., urging the Duke to impress on His Majesty (George II.) the need for sending a larger force than the Colony had petitioned for, to protect it from the French and Spaniards, mentioning that in the summer of 1742 the latter had made an embarkation of upwards of 3,000 men to reduce or very much to harass the Colony, going on to state that "Our annual produce is worth near £170,000 per annum, We take near that value annually from our Mother Country, in her manufactures, and by our Custom house books it appears 250 sail of vessells at least enter and clear in a year," and points out "our situation with respect to the Gulph of Florida is of consequence, and was it in the possession of France with the advantage of her settlement in High Spaniola, she might greatly interrupt the navigation both of the Gulph and Windward Passage," ending "I embark this evening or to-morrow morning for South Carolina." 24 AMERICA.-RHODE ISLAND AND THE ('APE BRETON EXPEDITION OF 1745. Original official manuscript document "An Account of the Several Emissions of Paper money in the Colony of Rhode Island for carrying on the Expedition to Cape Breton, with the respective Periods and Proportions of sinking the same.' 1 page, folio, slight defect in top left-hand corner, £7 78

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*An interesting historical document in connection with the taking of Cape Breton. The Time of Emission was 1744-45, Feb. and March, May, 1745, and Sept., 1745, and the total sum £15,000. A note at the foot states, no other authentick account can be made cut here of the Paper money of this Colony, no acts of Assembly having been transmitted from thence, they not being oblig'd by their charter to give account to his Majesty what Laws they make, which is likewise the case of Connecticut." It appears that in 1740 the outstanding Paper Currency of Rhode Island was £320,000, and of Connecticut £63,000.

25 AMERICAN REGIMENT.-ORIGINAL OFFICIAL MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE MEMORIAL OF MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS WENTWORTH, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces in the Carthegena Expedition, endorsed "Copy of a Memorial relating to the detachment at Ratan given to the Duke of Newcastle, 24 Jan., 1742-43." 2 pages, folio,

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*An important addition to our knowledge of the early history of the American Regiment, of which so little is known. This detachment from it was sent in August, 1742, to possess themselves of the Island of Ratan in the Bay of Honduras, and consisted of 232 officers and men, I whereof one Lieut., one Sergt., one Corpl., and twelve private men are upon the Mosquito Shoar." In addition to this detachment, there were upon the Island 52 officers and men of Col. Wolfe's Regiment, and 23 members of the Engineers and Artillery.

26 AMERICAN STAMP ACT. THE LATE REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE BRITISH COLONIES ON THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA CONSIDERED, in a Letter from a Gentleman in Philadelphia to his Friend in London. Philadelphia printed; London, reprinted for J. Almon, 1766. 8vo, fine large copy, calf, antique style, £8 8s

* A rare and important tract dealing with American trade with Spain, Portugal, and the foreign plantations in the West Indies. Contains tables contrasting the exports from England to the Northern Colonies, and those to the West Indies from 1744 to 1758, showing the great increase in the former compared with the latter; the state of the Colonies at the time, with special reference to Virginia and the County of Philadelphia; and stating that but a very little more weight of taxation upon Virginia and Maryland would prevent their raising tobacco, and would make them and all their sister colonies sink under their multiplied burthens.

27 AMERICAN WAR OF 1812-15.-MINUTES TAKEN AT A COURT MARTIAL ASSEMBLED ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP GLADIATOR, IN PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, 23 APRIL, 1813. Detailing the particular circumstances attending the capture and loss of His Majesty's late Ship Java, after a severe Action for several hours with the United States Ship the Constitution on 29 Dec., 1812, a few Leagues off Bahia (Coast of Brazil). Ordered to be printed 10 May, 1813. 20 pages, folio, with coloured plan of the action, fine copy, sewed and uncut, as issued, £5 58

*RARE. Contains the depositions of the surviving officers and some of the men, giving a detailed account of the battle, together with First-Lieut. Chads' letter dated United States Frigate Constitution, off St. Salvador, 31 Dec. 1812," giving his full account of the action. This was one of the most important successes gained by the United States in this war. In his letter Chads writes very highly of the treatment accorded to the officers and crew of the Java "from our gallant enemy, Commodore Bainbridge and his Officers." The result of the court-martial was that all concerned were most honourably acquitted, and Chads was specially complimented by the president. The Constitution lost in killed and wounded 34, while the Java lost 150; the Constitution was scarcely damaged, while the Java was entirely dismasted and sinking.

28 ANNE (ST.).-LEGENDA DE SANCTA ANNA et de vniuersa eius progenie. Impressa Colonie per Martinum de werdena prope domum Consulatus in vico Burgensi commorantem, Anno domini 1510. Very sm. 4to, gothic letter, 3 types, long lines, FINE OUTLINE WOODCUT OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD AND ST. ANNE, repeated on the last page, fine large copy, polished morocco extra, £4 4s

* A very rare edition of this interesting old legend, remarkable for its fine outline woodcut.

AN UNKNOWN FRAGMENT OF A TUDOR ALMANACK FOR 1590. 29 ALMANACK.-BUCKMINSTER (Thomas) [AN ALMANACK AND PROGNOSTICATION, 1590]. Colophon: Imprinted at London by Richarde Watkins and James Robertes. Sm. 8vo, black letter and roman mixed, long lines, contains July to December of the Prognostication only, including colophon (signatures C 2 to C 4), upper inner blank margin of C 2 defective, the same with C 3, but several words of text in this case are gone, and its verso has part of several lines of text rubbed off, old writing on colophon leaf, preserved in a specially made case, with silk tie-strings, £7 10s

* Unrecorded by Mr. Bosanquet in his English Printed Almanacks, Bibliographical Society, 1917. He records a fragment of two leaves of one in Cambridge University Library (signatures C1 and 8), to which the date c. 1590? is ascribed, but neither signatures nor colophon agree with this, though both are from the same press. An appropriate verse of four lines begins the prognostication of each month.

30 ANGLO-SAXON.-THE GOSPELS OF THE FOWER EUANGELISTS, translated in the olde Saxons tyme out of Latin into the vulgare toung of the Saxons, newly collected out of Auncient Monumentes of the sayd Saxons, and now published for testimonie of the same. At London, Printed by Iohn Daye, dwelling ouer Aldersgate, 1571. Sm. 4to, text in Anglo-Saxon, with an English translation in black letter, as a side column, 2 headlines and a signature just touched by a binder, small worm-hole through text of last five leaves, FINE CLEAN COPY, vellum, £9

* An interesting copy of this rare and important book, having formerly belonged to that noted scholar, Dr. Adam Clarke, the disciple of John Wesley and famous Bible commentator. One of the fly-leaves contains a long note in his autograph respecting the editorship of the work (which is usually ascribed to John Fox, the Martyrologist), stating that Archbishop Parker was the real editor The dedication to Queen Elizabeth (5 leaves) is certainly by Fox. It is the first edition of the Anglo-Saxon Scriptures, and was published at the expense of Archbishop Matthew Parker." John Day cut the types for this book, and therefore deserves to rank with the great inventors of the preceding century."-Ferguson. It was the first time Anglo-Saxon characters appeared in print. 31 BACON (Sir Francis) THE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMON LAWES OF ENGLAND, branched into a double Tract: The One containing a Collection of some principall Rules and Maximes of the Common Law, with their Latitude and Extent. . . The Other the Use of the Common Law for preservation of our Persons, Goods, and good Names. According to the Lawes and Customes of this Land. By the late Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, Lo: Verulam and Viscount S. Alban. .. London, Printed by the Assignes of J. More, Esq., and are to be sold by Anne More and Henry Hood, in Saint Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-Street, 1636. Sm. 4to, mottled calf, antique style, £5 5s * A fine copy of this rare and important legal work by the celebrated Bacon. famous Dudley, third Lord North's copy, with his autograph signature on the title. 32 [BANCROFT (Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury) | DAVNGEROUS POSITIONS AND PROCEEDINGS PUBLISHED AND PRACTISED WITHIN THIS Island of Brytaine, vnder pretence of Reformation, and for the Presbiteriall Discipline. . . London, Imprinted by John Wolfe, 1593. FIRST EDITION, sm. 4to, printer's device on title, early owner's name on same, fine large copy, bds., leather back, £6 6s

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*Rare. One of Archbishop Bancroft's most notable productions. Richard Farmer's copy, with his autograph signature inside front cover.